Recent advances in the microbial synthesis of lactate-based copolymer

Due to the increasing environmental pollution of un-degradable plastics and the consumption of non-renewable resources, more attention has been attracted by new bio-degradable/based polymers produced from renewable resources. Polylactic acid (PLA) is one of the most representative bio-based materials, with obvious advantages and disadvantages, and has a wide range of applications in industry, medicine, and research. By copolymerizing to make up for its deficiencies, the obtained copolymers have more excellent properties. The development of a one-step microbial metabolism production process of the lactate (LA)-based copolymers overcomes the inherent shortcomings in the traditional chemical synthesis process. The most common lactate-based copolymer is poly(lactate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate) [P(LA-co-3HB)], within which the difference of LA monomer fraction will cause the change in the material properties. It is necessary to regulate LA monomer fraction by appropriate methods. Based on synthetic biology and systems metabolic engineering, this review mainly focus on how did the different production strategies (such as enzyme engineering, fermentation engineering, etc.) of P(LA-co-3HB) optimize the chassis cells to efficiently produce it. In addition, the metabolic engineering strategies of some other lactate-based copolymers are also introduced in this article. These studies would facilitate to expand the application fields of the corresponding materials.

THE INFLUENCE OF SUPERPARAMAGNETIC Fe3O4 NANOPARTICLES ON SPECTRAL AND LUMINESCENT PROPERTIES OF MESOSTRUCTURED SiO2/P123/Rh6G/Fe3O4 FILMS FORMED IN STATIONARY MAGNETIC FIELDS

The effect of superparamagnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) on the spectral luminescence properties of homogeneous optically transparent mesostructured silica films of SiO2/P123/Rh6G/Fe3O4, containing {P123 (Rh6G)} micelles consisting of Pluronic 123 with encapsulated Rh6G, and formed in stationary magnetic fields (MF) with an induction of less than 500 mT, was investigated. It was shown that, unlike SiO2/P123/Rh6G, the spectral and luminescent properties of SiO2/P123/Rh6G/Fe3O4 films depend on the MF used during their formation, and a gradual decrease in the band intensities in Rh6G spectra and quenching of luminescence with increasing of MF induction was observed. It is associated with a decrease in the monomer fraction and an increase in the fraction of non-luminescent Rh6G H-aggregates in micelles due to the interaction intensifying in the MF (formation of Fe3+ -O bonds) of superparamagnetic NPs with micelles {P123 (Rh6G)}, oriented in the MF, which leads to a gradual deformation of micelles and accumulation in them of H-aggregate. The dependences of the changes in the absorption bands intensity and fluorescence of the monomeric form of Rh6G in the spectra of the films on the changes in the magnetic induction of the MF are described by an exponential function, and the ratio of the fluorescence intensities of the SiO2/P123/Rh6G films to the fluorescence intensities of the SiO2/P123/Rh6G/Fe3O4 films linearly depends on the induction of MF, which they are able to "remember", which is manifested in the values of fluorescence intensities.